From my review it seems to have taken the majority of it’s “doctrine” from the Bible yet never gives any credit to it. The moral issues it addresses and advice it gives have been available through God’s word for thousands of years. So I don’t really view it as anything “new”.

By the way Scientology is not a “new” religion, it has been around for quite a few years. However, many Hollywood stars support
Catholicism, Mormonism, etc. etc. so those who choose scientology are using the freedom of choice to do so as many others are.

I am not a member of scientoloy but I have an open mind.
I am not going to judge anybody for their choices and I expect the same respect from others towards my choices.

It was created by l ron hubbard a science fiction writer. Its pretty far out there for a cult. It costs millions of dollars to gain “levels” of enlightenment. Tom Cruise spend millions of dollars to buy katie holmes into the religion before they got married. Any religion that costs you millions of dollars just to learn about it is a cult. Not to mention it dosnt use the bible as its main teaching so its not a christian based religion at all.

Here are more “bad experiences” with the cult including an illegal plot to infiltrate the government, brainwashing techniques, mind control camps, attacks on critics, and DEATHS caused by Scientology doctrine and members (and none of this is a joke):